Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-09-16
Or GENERAL INTEREST.

A man ut Carlisle, Pa, wrote n
love-letter TO a married woman twenty.
seven years ago, and her husband has
blackmaled him out of three hundred
dollars per year ever since 1t is more
prudent to send your love through the
telephone.
Utica has a dog that has been dis.
covered going from house to house
each morning, after the milkman has
made his rounds, lifting the corcr from
the newly filled pals, and drinking
milk until he-could drink no more
Utica en- ~ Heraid.
1t is curious thing in connection
with Tony Barrios' presence at West
Point that young Zarala, son of the
man who overthrow and caused the
death of President Barrios. of Guate-
mala, should also be AT West Point and
a classmatc of Tony's. The two young
men naturally have nothing to say to
each other. W. j. Tribune.
1T is predicted that the "Star Of
Bethlehem will appear this year for
the sixth time since the birth of Christ.
This star is said to appear directly north
of the North Star. and TO be visible in
its dazzling light at MONDAY. 1t is a
solar orb, many times the magnitude
of our sun. whose orbit is yet unealcu-
lated by any astronomer.-Ch CHICAGO
Times.
A New York surgeon says he can
take any man under forty years of age
and So alter his facial expression by
the use OF the knife and u little paint
that his own wife could not identity
him. Many a man who has been out
all night turns up in the morning in \
similar condition. and the Disgusting
process is less painful. ~ \. Herald.
An amusing instance of how "A book
agent cleaned out an entire school is
reported from Celina. q. The bore
called to see the superintendent, and
not finding him rang The first bell that
came handy. Ii happened TO be the
fire-gOng, and the six hundred we'll
trained pupils arose and marched out OF
the building. The book agent was sub
sequcntly fired out himself. - C1eceland
Leader.
According to book recently pub
lished by an English organist, COW
lows IN perfect fifth and octave or
tenth; dog barks in fifth or fourth:
donkey brays in 4 perfect octave; a
horse neighs in descent on the chro-
matte scale. Each person has his
fundamental key in which he generally
| speaks, but which he often transposes
in sympathy To other voices. or when
! he is excited.
The calrier-pigoon service of Paris
is almost as completely organized ~ is
the telegraph system, for missiyes can
| be sent by the winged messengers 10
| neighboring forts and towns and even
to distant places in the provinces. The
| staff numbers twenty five hundred
trained birds. The Parisians. during
the terrible days of the last siege,
learned the value of the pigeon post
and the lesson has not been forgotten.
! The New Orleans CHRISTIAN .4dro-
cate complains as follows: Brethren
who have not the time to write us n
four-line marriage notice within the
mouth they happen, but wait unit The
end of the year AID then send us Il
bunch sof them without either correct
dates or names, must explain to their
people that this IS the reason why they
are not published. The same with
obituaries. We want news. In one
case ii couple were divorced before the
notice of their marriage was received. '
An inventor took bomb into the
Patent Office at Washington the other
day and deposited it on one of the
tables with the remark that it would
explode As soon as it was placed in
water. As lOOn as he left the Office
one of the clerks concluded To expert
.nent, and procured pail of water for
the purpose. No sooner was the bomb
ducked than il exploded with terrific
effect. blowing the pail in dozens of
pieces, and splashing the water over
every foo: OF space in the room. After
the occupants had wipes. the water
from their faces, and shook their cloth
ing little, n resolution was adopted
by them never again Ia be curious
about strange inventions. - Washington
Post.
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